For those of you who never watched Mr. Wizard when you were growing up, you missed out on quite a show.  I used to watch it before I went to school at least a couple of mornings per week for a couple of years, and it was downright fascinating every time.  He made science easy and fun to understand.

Don Herbert died yesterday at the age of 89 from bone cancer.  If you had never heard of him go check out his website, you might learn a thing or two.